'A punch in the face': Morale takes deep dive in city's communications branch

Edmonton’s communications team held a sharing circle last year to understand why the branch had such low morale.
There were tears. Some blamed workplace harassment and disrespect, saying there was bullying in the city and among the clients they serve that wasn’t being dealt with.
But the employees saw no evidence city officials dealt with those bullies in 2016. Instead, two months later, they instead sent the whole communications branch to respectful workplace training.
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